15 Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare

There are more doubts than certainties surrounding the history of the palace that Francesco Thiene built on family properties at the western extremity of the Strada Maggiore (today the Corso Palladio), beginning with the exact date of its construction. At Palladio's death the building had still not been executed. A document dated 1586 suggests that construction had finally begun, and it is certain that by 1593, upon the death of patron Francesco Thiene, at least a third of the palace had been built. Enea Thiene, who inherited the estate of his uncle Francesco, carried works to their conclusion, probably within the first decade of the seventeenth century. In 1835 the palace was acquired by Lelio Bonin Longare.
In his treatise L'Idea della Architettura Universale (published in Venice in 1615), Vincenzo Scamozzi writes that he was responsible for completing the building's construction without specifying, however, the nature and extent of his work.

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